 Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.  Notes and Queries - Page 121893Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such duleet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck, I remember.... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1844 - 532 pages
...Fate of the Nortons. " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music.'* The rebel earls entered... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 pages
...contained in the well-known lines of Shakspeare :— " I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." Nevertheless it must... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 pages
...free. And the previous allusion to Mary of Scotland, as the " Sea Maid on the Dolphin's back," Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her eong, It would, in truth, have been easier for Mary to have calmed the rude sea than her ruder and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...Thou remember'st Since once Jsat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's hack, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's musick. Puck. I remember. Ober.... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 456 pages
...thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. POCK. I remember.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music. Puck. I remember, Ober.... | |
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